IMPACT OF FAMILY BACKGROUND ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENT IN MUSHIN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA IN LAGOS STATE.

The study was carried out to investigate the impact of family background on academic performance of junior secondary school students in Mushin Local Government Area in Lagos State. Three hypotheses were formulated. The descriptive design was adopted and the population of the study was all junior secondary school students in Mushin Local Government in Lagos State while selected schools as the sample size for the study using stratified sampling techniques as well as simple random sampling technique was used. Questionnaire named Impact of Family Background on Academic Performance Questionnaire (IFBAPQ) was used as data collection and analysis of data collected was done with the computation of chi-square statistical tool. The result of the findings showed that students who received encouragement and motivation from the family perform better in schools than their counterparts from non encouraging families. The major reasons for the observed difference in performance are the motivation and positive attitude of the parents towards their children’s academic progress. The study recommendations was that Parents should be made to realize the importance of motivation in determining their children academic achievement in schools, especially the realization that most of the male students are abandoning school for business; Students’ should give serious attention to studies at home, in addition to other various works done, since the amount of effort they put in their studies will have impact on their academic achievement. Teachers should see teaching occupation as a job of conscience and sacrifice.